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name: "Abel Jafri"
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born: "5 December 1965"
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# Abel Jafri

Actor. Born 5 December 1965 in Tunis, Tunisia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 December 1965, Tunis, Tunisia
- **Also known as:** Abel Jefry, Abel Jaffri, Abel Jafry, Abel Jeffry, Abel Jefri

## Biography

Abel Jafri is a French actor of Tunisian origin. Born on 5 December 1965 in Tunis, he moved to France as an infant and began his career in theatre, training in Paris with workshops led by Jack Waltzer and Jack Garfein.

He has appeared in supporting roles in films including *Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud* (1995), *The Three Kings* (2001), *The Passion of the Christ* (2004) as a 2nd Temple Officer, *Bled Number One* (2006), *L'Autre moitié* (2007) as Hamid, *Timbuktu* (2014) as Abdelkrim, *Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets* (2017) as a bus driver, *The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir* (2018) as Captain Fik, and *Our Ties* (2022) as Adil. He has also acted in television series such as *Lupin* (2021). Jafri received the best actor award at the Amiens International Film Festival for *L'Autre moitié* and teaches at the Cité du cinéma school in Saint-Denis.

*Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, allocine.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Timbuktu* (2014), Fi1m 88, as Abdelkrim — [page](https://film.one/film/timbuktu.md)

## Also known for

- *Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets* (2017), Bus Driver
- *The Passion of the Christ* (2004), 2nd Temple Officer
- *Lupin* (2021), Vigile Accueil Journal
- *The Three Kings* (2001), Aziz
- *The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir* (2018), Captain Fik
- *Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud* (1995), Friend of Taieb
- *Leila* (2011), Abdelatif
- *Our Ties* (2022), Adil

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